| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Falcon Stakes ファルコンステークス |
| Location: | Chukyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1961 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1400 metres |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o |
| Weight: | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
The Falcon Stakes (Japanese ファルコンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1400 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status from its inauguration. It was initially run over 1800 before being cut to 1200 metres in 1996 and then extended to 1400 metres in 2012.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Yuwa Falcon | Eiji Nakadate | Masahiro Horii | 1:08.9 | |
| 2001 | Rusunai Christie | Shinichiro Akiyama | Yoshio Takagi | 1:08.9 | |
| 2002 | Sunningdale | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:08.9 | |
| 2003 | Gallant Arrow | Hideaki Miyuki | Hiroki Sakiyama | 1:09.7 | |
| 2004 | Kyowa Happiness | Yasuhiko Yasuda | Masaru Sayama | 1:09.5 | |
| 2005 | Kazusa Line | Eiji Nakadate | Masamichi Wada | 1:09.9 | |
| 2006 | Tagano Bastille | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:09.9 | |
| 2007 | Admire Hokuto | Norihiko Yokoyama | Fumio Koga | 1:08.0 | |
| 2008 | Danon Go Go | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:09.0 | |
| 2009 | Jo Cappuccino | Kota Fujioka | Kazuya Nakatake | 1:08.9 | |
| 2010 | A Shin Whity | Yuichi Kitamura | Shigeki Matsumoto | 1:08.7 | |
| 2011 | Henny Hound | Yasunari Iwata | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:08.7 | |
| 2012 | Brightline | Katsumi Ando | Ippo Sameshima | 1:24.0 | |
| 2013 | Impulse Hero | Katsuharu Tanaka | Sakae Kunieda | 1:22.2 | |
| 2014 | Tagano Grandpa | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:21.2 | |
| 2015 | Tagano Azaghal | Daisaku Matsuda | Teruhiko Chida | 1:22.9 | |
| 2016 | Tosho Drafter | Hironobu Tanabe | Koji Kayano | 1:25.0 | |
| 2017 | Kosoku Straight | Keita Tosaki | Eiji Nakadate | 1:21.1[2] | |
| 2018 | Mr Melody | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:22.1[3] | |
| 2019 | Happy Hour | Hayato Yoshida | Koshiro Take | 1:20.9[4] | |
| 2020 | Shine Garnet | Hironobu Tanabe | Toru Kurita | 1:21.3 | |
| 2021 | Rooks Nest | Hideaki Miyuki | Tamio Hamada | 1:20.1 | |
| 2022 | Purpur Ray | Mirco Demuro | Naosuke Sugai | 1:20.9 | |
| 2023 | Tamamo Black Tie | Hideaki Miyuki | Koichi Tsunoda | 1:22.6 | |
| 2024 | Danon McKinley | Yuichi Kitamura | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:20.2 |
The 2001 winner Rusunai Christie and the 2004 winner Kyowa Happiness were fillies
The 2011 race was held at Hanshin Racecourse